# CitedShelf

> CitedShelf is a free WordPress plugin for WooCommerce stores. It scores every product for AI shopping readiness (0-100), tracks whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity recommend the store, and rewrites weak product data with AI so assistants can understand and trust it.

Key facts:
- Type: WordPress plugin (WooCommerce extension). Price: free (GPLv2 or later). Version 1.0.0.
- Requirements: WordPress 6.4+, WooCommerce 8.0+, PHP 7.4+. Compatible with WooCommerce HPOS.
- AI providers: uses the WordPress AI Client (Settings > Connectors, WordPress 7.0+) for OpenAI and Google, or the store owner's own API keys (OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity), stored encrypted.
- Privacy: the readiness scan runs on the store's own server. AI features are opt-in and never send customer or order data. CitedShelf runs no server and receives no data.
- Website: https://citedshelf.com · Contact: hello@citedshelf.com · Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/citedshelf/ (listing in review)

## Features
- AI shopping readiness score per product and per store: title, description, images, price, stock, brand, GTIN, category, variations.
- Store checks: HTTPS, returns and privacy pages, store address, shipping zones, search indexing.
- AI visibility tracking: asks ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity the shopper questions you choose, with web search on; records whether the store appears, its position and the cited sites; weekly trend and email report.
- One-click AI improvement of titles, descriptions, brand and attributes, using only facts in the existing product data; side-by-side review and undo.

## Guides
- [How to get your WooCommerce products recommended by ChatGPT](https://citedshelf.com/guides/get-woocommerce-products-recommended-by-chatgpt/): Six steps that make your products easy for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity to find, trust and recommend.
- [The AI shopping product data checklist for WooCommerce](https://citedshelf.com/guides/ai-shopping-product-data-checklist/): Every product field AI assistants look for, why it matters and how to fix it in WooCommerce.
- [GEO and AEO for online stores: what changes from SEO](https://citedshelf.com/guides/geo-aeo-for-online-stores/): What generative engine optimization and answer engine optimization mean for a shop, and what to do differently.

## Pages
- [Home](https://citedshelf.com/): product overview, free product checker, pricing and FAQ
- [Privacy](https://citedshelf.com/privacy/)
- [Terms](https://citedshelf.com/terms/)
- [Full text for AI assistants](https://citedshelf.com/llms-full.txt)